When Occam's razor fails: hemipontine infarct on a background of previous surgery and radiotherapy for craniopharyngioma

[...]the patient developed panhypopituitarism (gonadotrophin deficiency, growth hormone deficiency, adrenocorticotropic deficiency, thyrotropin deficiency and diabetes insipidus) and remained under the care of the endocrine team.

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Published in:	BMJ case reports Vol. 2016; p. bcr2016215420
Main Authors:	Boon, Ian S, Perera, Dilani, Ayuk, John
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 07-04-2016 BMJ Publishing Group
Subjects:	Aged Brain Infarction - diagnostic imaging Brain Infarction - etiology Craniopharyngioma - therapy Cytoreduction Surgical Procedures Diabetes Diagnosis, Differential Family medical history Humans Hypertension Images In Male Mortality Pituitary gland Pituitary Neoplasms - therapy Radiation therapy Radiotherapy United Kingdom White
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Summary:	[...]the patient developed panhypopituitarism (gonadotrophin deficiency, growth hormone deficiency, adrenocorticotropic deficiency, thyrotropin deficiency and diabetes insipidus) and remained under the care of the endocrine team.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	1757-790X 1757-790X
DOI:	10.1136/bcr-2016-215420